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Daniel Cage, Founder of Linq3, announced he will transition out of his day to day role at the company effective August 16, 2018. Cage will stay on as Senior Advisor to help guide Linq3’s intellectual property expansion.

“With this new wager, Pick 3 players now have 27 chances to win with a single ticket, and Pick 4 players have 81 chances to win,” said Tom Delacenserie, president and CEO of the Kentucky Lottery. “These daily games have been popular ever since they were introduced in the Commonwealth, and these new features are definitely going to create more winners – which in turn will create more excitement.”

"Several new initiatives really helped push sales to this record-breaking level," said KLC President and CEO Tom Delacenserie. "An increased emphasis on marketing and in-store messaging, changes in prize structures that players really liked, and new measures implemented by our outstanding staff and retailers are the reason for this increase. FY18 was a year where we laid the groundwork for continued success, so we look to continue this growth pattern into FY19."

West Virginia Lottery Director Alan Larrick said, “The West Virginia Lottery considers the GLI-33 event wagering standard an integral component in the regulatory structure for our sports wagering offering. Our team is very grateful to have access to a technical resource that has been worked on collectively by the industry and it will also serve to protect our patrons, vendors, and licensees.”

“It was a great year all around, and we couldn’t be prouder of the contribution that the Lottery and the casinos made to important state programs,” said Maryland Lottery and Gaming Director Gordon Medenica. “It’s especially gratifying to see both the Lottery and the casinos growing simultaneously.”

“The addition of our first GIGANTIX® game, $10 Royal Gems, proved popular with instant ticket players, and KENO®, which is now entering its tenth year, continued to see growth this year,” Ohio Lottery Director Dennis Berg said, “As we move into the next fiscal year we’ll continue to explore new and innovative products to bring to the market.”

"We are very pleased to continue our strategic partnership with OPAP," said Lorne Weil, Executive Chairman of Inspired. "We have worked closely with OPAP to deliver the best possible products and we are grateful to be awarded additional machines and Virtual Sports content as recognition. We look forward to extending our success with OPAP."

Tabcorp chief executive David Attenborough said digital sales rose strongly in Tabcorp's lotteries business, growing by 27.8 per cent and accounting for almost 18 per cent of total lottery sales. Mr Attenborough said despite customers shift towards online gambling, bricks and mortar stores weren't going anywhere. "It's really at the heart of the of a lot of Australian communities - their local pub and club," he told reporters. "We do not see a development where you end up with digital without retail, all our long-term strategies are about the integration within the retail environment."

“Racetrax has come out of the gate very strong for us,” said Kansas Lottery Executive Director Terry Presta. “With only a minimal amount of advertising, Racetrax is already out performing our expectations and looking like a winner.”

“We’re excited to bring players another Carolina Panthers scratch-off ticket,” said Mark Michalko, executive director of the N.C. Education Lottery. “This prize would be a big win for any Panthers fan, and the money raised from ticket sales will be a big win for education.”

Kambi accepts first U.S. wagers following ground-breaking DraftKings Sportsbook debut. Kambi becomes first sportsbook supplier active in New Jersey’s online sports betting market after passing preliminary licensing process. Kambi has created history by becoming the first sports betting supplier to process online wagers in the post-PASPA U.S. market, following the eagerly-anticipated launch of the Kambi-powered DraftKings Sportsbook in New Jersey.

“If they were ready to open today and they had all their systems in place, we would certainly have to do some testing, but we would be ready to take bets as that testing would conclude,” said Danielle Boyd, managing legal counsel West Virginia Lottery Commission. “If it’s the on-property testing, we anticipate that will anticipate only a few days to complete.”

"Jennifer brings a tremendous combination of experience in government, leadership, and knowledge of how things work in our environment,” said Colorado Lottery Director, Tom Seaver. “Her legal credentials will prove invaluable to the lottery, as will her work ethic, and effectiveness as a manager. We're very happy to have her on the team."

"The Western Canada Lottery Corporation is excited to partner with IGT to update the Saskatchewan VLT network with IGT's best-in-class Video Lottery Terminals and game content," said Eric Karmark, WCLC Vice President, VLT Gaming & Operations. "IGT has been a trusted WCLC partner for more than two decades, and we're pleased that our relationship will continue through this machine replacement cycle."

"With this new wager, Pick 3 players now have 27 chances to win with a single ticket, and Pick 4 players have 81 chances to win," said Tom Delacenserie, president and CEO of the Kentucky Lottery. "These daily games have been popular ever since they were introduced in the Commonwealth, and these new features are definitely going to create more winners - which in turn will create more excitement."

These three headlines in today’s Report reflect the long-term trends in how the competitive landscape in the games-of-chance market-place is evolving. In one, the director of the Staatliche Toto-Lotto in Germany explains why secondary lotteries are a blight on society that expropriates money from charitable causes and puts it into the pockets of a small handful of private shareholders. "Every euro that drains into dark canals is missing from the state … the illegal providers are always looking for new loopholes and do not care about the legal regulations.”

Thankfully, gaming commissions, regulatory agencies, and agents of law enforcement are fighting back. The UK Gambling Commission is admonishing online gambling operators to clean up their act. In past weeks, online operators were told to cease and desist with false or misleading advertising. Now they are being told to comply with consumer protection law as applies to the ways that terms and conditions must not harm consumers, and promotions and sign-up deals that entice new players cannot be predatory. The Gambling Commission is also calling for views from consumers, gambling businesses, stakeholders and members of the public on proposed changes to regulations relating to marketing and advertising, unfair terms, and complaints and disputes.

But then … Sweden is moving from a highly controlled market-place to a liberalized multi-licensed-operator model. It would appear that the illegal underground gambling market has grown in Sweden to a point where prohibition became problematic and so Sweden policy-makers decided to apply a regulate-and-tax regime to bring the games-of-chance market under control.

I would respectfully point out that there are ways to prevent online gambling operators from invading your market-place. It does require a clarity of thinking as regards to the issue of controlling the use of the internet. There are some, for instance, who protest that the government has no business controlling the internet, or preventing the consumer from accessing whatever websites they choose, or gambling on whatever website they choose. Of course, this civil libertarian ideology comports perfectly with illegal online operators who also do not want the government to control access to their websites. It is not my place to proscribe regulatory policy. It is my place to point out that the government can and should exercise its right to control the illegal use of the internet, to protect the consumer from illegal operators, and to prevent the internet from being used to enable commerce of illegal goods and services - I don’t think anyone would propose that illegal drugs like heroin or child pornography or weaponry should be freely transacted over the internet. Laws that protect society from Illegal use of the internet can and should be enforced.

Americans to Wager More than $4.6 Billion Illegally on Super Bowl 52

Less than 3% of Super Bowl wagers will be in the legal regulated market!

How states are gambling on N.J.'s sports betting suit

The U.S. sports-betting market is an example of an underground market gone completely out-of-control. Clearly it is time to regulate and tax. Everyone seems to agree, even the major sports franchises and associations (though at least one of them is trying to tie legalization to carving out a profit-share for themselves). In anticipation of a Supreme Court decision that removes the federal prohibition of sports-betting, U.S. states are moving quickly to create the legislation and regulatory frameworks that will enable a fast start. It is still uncertain how the Court will rule. Many expect a 5 to 4 decision. But most also think it looks favorable for the removal of federal prohibition against sports-betting.

U.S. state lotteries should make sure they have a place at the table. The idea, as manifest in government lottery operations that offer sports betting in other markets around the world: sports-betting does not yield the highest margins or even profits. It does, however, connect the Lottery operator with a very large, growing, and coveted demographic profile of young next-generation players. Do sports-betting players migrate to Lottery? I do not know of data that speaks to this question. I am told that the young, actively engaged and passionate sports-betting player may not be a good prospect for switching to Lottery. But what about the thirty-something who may have been an avid sports-betting player when she/he was younger but now has a family, financial obligations and most importantly, much less discretionary time to spend? It’s important for Lottery to be where the players are and a large portion of next-gen gamers are into sports-betting.

Sports betting bills have been filed in some 20 states, and some will come into effect immediately upon a go-ahead ruling from the Supreme Court. This article describes how some of the states intend to regulate sports-betting.

There’s not one but two stories about Tribal Gaming opposition to states entering new games-of-chance categories. The Tribes have what are called “Compacts” or agreements to share profits from their casino gambling operations with the state. Of course, that is as it should be. The players who are pouring all the profits into Tribal Casinos come from the state contiguous to the Tribal land that hosts the casinos. States want to expand state-operated gaming. Tribes want to limit state-operated gaming because it competes with the Tribal gaming casinos. The argument is interesting because the judicial process to resolve these disputes is not entirely clear.

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"Jennifer brings a tremendous combination of experience in government, leadership, and knowledge of how things work in our environment,” said Colorado Lottery Director, Tom Seaver. “Her legal credentials will prove invaluable to the lottery, as will her work ethic, and effectiveness as a manager. We're very happy to have her on the team."